Russian political analyst Preobrazhensky on shifts within Kremlin’s party of war
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin surrounded by Russian military in the center for training of mobilized people in the Ryazan region of Russia (Photo:Сputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS)
In an interview with NV, political analyst Ivan Preobrazhensky spoke about the shifts in Russia’s internal support of the ongoing war against Ukraine.
Preobrazhensky first noted that Russian political elite remains broadly bellicose, “differing merely in shades” of their backing of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
"Take (Moscow Mayor Sergey) Sobyanin: he’s not against the war per se, but is probably ready to negotiate, because there is not much resources left to sustain active fighting,” said Preobrazhensky.
“There is a party of propagandists, acting as hawks with nothing to lose. Their work is connected with the war. The worse off the country (Russia) is faring, the better off propagandists live, the higher their influence is. They increase their influence; they are even allowed to get a little out of control. This limited uncontrollability is supported by radicals such as First Deputy Head of Russia’s Presidential Administration, Aleksey Gromov.”
Preobrazhensky identified the Russian military-industrial complex as another war party, which “at first sat quietly, because it was afraid that it would be reproached about the technically shambolic army, but when almost all the shortcomings were attributed to Deputy Prime Minister (Yuri) Borisov, the arms manufacturers also turned out to be those who benefit from the war getting dragged out for as long as possible.”
"They don't need defeats, they don't need retreats, they are against radical situations, but their goal is to pump out as many weapons as possible," Preobrazhensky described the position of Russian arms manufacturers.
In August, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War reported that the Kremlin is trying to reboot Russian industry to sustain the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 13 that Russian propagandists should be held accountable – same as Kremlin war criminals.
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